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Can I correct a booking detail without making a new reservation?

The available guidance does not give a blanket yes. Direct bookings can be changed through the carrier’s booking-management function, but it does not confirm that every detail can be corrected without creating a new reservation.

Some fares also limit or exclude the right to change or cancel reservations. Access to the change function therefore does not by itself establish that the requested correction is permitted.

How to check it

A traveller should proceed in this order:

  1. Confirm the booking is direct. The carrier states that direct bookings can be changed through its online booking-management function.
  2. Check the required detail. The available guidance does not list which booking fields can be edited, so the traveller must verify this within the booking itself.
  3. Review the fare conditions. Some fares restrict or exclude changes and cancellations, making the applicable fare the deciding factor.
  4. Read the final confirmation carefully. Before treating the correction as complete, the traveller should check whether the original reservation was amended or whether the process created a new one.

What still needs confirmation

The cited guidance does not state:

  • whether every booking detail can be corrected;
  • whether a correction will always avoid a new reservation;
  • any applicable fee or deadline; or
  • how a permitted change would affect the fare or cancellation terms.

The practical answer is therefore conditional: an online change route exists for direct bookings, but neither the booking detail nor the fare conditions should be assumed to permit correction without a new reservation.